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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-11-24
DINING ON A PICTURE.

How Now FamOu, Painter Once Paid
q Years BOard-Dill.
The early days of Jules Bastien' S
career were time of struggle and
poverty. He was glad to draw de-
signs for fashion journal, and once
he went down to Damvillers and paint
ed forty portraits of the villagers. The
cost of living. small as his expenses
were, was serious matter. For the
rent of his little attic studio he paid
fifty dollars year: He breakfasted
upon three sous worth of bread and
two of coffee. with milk. For dinner,
at franc and hall. about twenty
seven cents. he went to the restau-
rant of Mademoiselle Anna, Rue Saint
Bcnoit.
In those carly days he painted a
picture of n peasant girl walking in a
forest. in spring. entrapped by Loves
who are casting their nets before her
feet. This picture was accepted at the
Sa'on in 1873. through the inflence of
Cabynel. but it was not sold. 1t was
the first painting that Jules Bastien ex-
hibtcd, and its fate was curious one.
Knd-hearted Mile. Anna understood
the needy state of the young artists
who visited her restaurant, and Bastien
was her favorite. When he lacked the
franc and half for dinner, she cheer
fully gave him credit, and finally she
accepted this picture in payment for a
years dinners. Afterward. when the
name of the artist became famous. she
was offered four times the amount of
her bill for the painting. but she re-
fused to part with it, and kept the
first work of her protege until her
death. Ripley Hitchcock, is 81. Nicho-
las.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-11-24
ALL KINDS OF NOSES.
PrOtnbersnces That Mark the Peculiari-
ties Of Races the World Over.

PrOtnbersnces That Mark the Peculiari-
ties Of Races the World Over.
The lower races, like the negroes,
Esquimaux, ETC., have broad, fiat
noses. and their mental and moral
characteristics are low. The CaUca-
sian has a prominent and well-defined
nose, and he leads in subduing the
world. The Chinese have bad noses,
and they are intellectually superior
race, but they are not really proper
exception. for they flatten the
noses of their children in infancy.
They have cultivated small and flat
noses for generations upon some alb
surd notion that the eyes are the most
important and should not be Obscured
by the nose. You can also see how
the nose marks some of the grada-
tons of society around you. Look at
the concave face of the low and igno-
rant, those whom you are sure to find
often in the police courts or who adorn
the cells of our prisons. You can not
for moment associate beauty. valor,
genius, OF intellectual power with
such noses.
OF course, among the refined and
educated there are noses and noses.
Education and proper early training
may do much even for nose.
Socrates had snub. vile snub. but
he was frank enough to admit that in
his heart he was a very bad man.
Training d i'd much for him, as it does
for every body, but a man who enters
life with snub is seriouly handi-
capped. Can you wonder that the
learned Mr.. Shandy expressed his
grief. so forcibly when he learned
that his son had lost his nose at the
very threshold of life?
If you study the portraits Of great
men you will be struck by the char
actcr of their noses. The worlds
compelers have all hal good noses.
Napoleon's nose was well shaped but
large. neither Roman nor Grecian. but
q compound of the two. Alexander
the Great had the same kind of q
nose, and so had Frederick the
Great, Richelicu and Cardinal Wolsey.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-11-24
MARCHING OF ARMIES.
The Importance of Rapidity OF Movemcr
i'm Modern Warfare

The Importance of Rapidity OF Movement
in Modern Warfare.
The grand operations of war will de-
marching power of armies. Take. for
example. thu latest wars wherein
troops of civilized nations have been
engaged. In 1880 General Roberts
marched 10. 900 men and IS guns from
Kabul to Kandahar, q distance of $50
miles. The march was made in %
days over the rough roads and mount
ain passes of Afghanistan. He ar
rived in time to relieve Kandahar and
defeat Ayoub Khan. and thus preserve
to England strong natural guard
against Russian intrigue and force of
arms. Had he been day or two
later Kandahar would have fallen.
General Roberts would have
been defeated and the first phase of
the coming struggle between the En-
glish bull and Russian bear would have
been precipitated. In the Franco
Prussian war if McMahon had marched
rs rapidly as did the Crown Prince of
Prussia he would have reached Metz
in time to relieve it, and the disaster
of Sedan would have been avoided.
We all know how Grouchy lost Water
LOBBY not appearing at the time
Napoleon had calculated; and how
Wellington won it-by the timely ar
rival of Butcher, who had marched in
haste at the sound of battle. And ex-
ample after example might be cited to
prove that upon the marching power
alone of armies has depended the fate
of battles and nations. 1t is actual
ly a fact that tactics alone.
Independent of questions OF
superior armament, quality OF
troops, etc, has very seldom decided
the success Of battle. On the other
hand. many campaigns have been won
with scarcely gun being fired by the
strategic marching of armies under Il
skillful general. Often also has the
loss of life on march been fully as
great as that caused by u battle. Thus
in the winter campaign Of 1878 the
Russians under Gurko lost 2. coo men
from freezing in one storm, lasting
four days. through which they marched.
Daring the same storm the
Twentv-fOurth Russian division
at Shipka pass lost 5000
men, so per cent. of its strength, from
the same cause. The terrible losses
Napoleon's army experienced in its
retreat from Moscow are familiar his
tOry,-M y Post
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-11-24
A LUCKY LAWYER.
He Makes u Small Fortune by Drawing
Single Paper.

He Makes u Small Fortune by Drawing q
Single Paper.
A former Harrisburger. who once
held State office, and is now resi-
dent of Philadelphia. was lawyer by
profession, and. after leaving the serv-
ice of the State, he settled in Il county
which was then greatly excited over the
discovery of oil within its borders. Here
he hung out his shingle and waited tor
clients. Sometimes they came, but
often they didn't, and his funds grew
lower and lower until at last it was y
question of bread and butter for him
and his family. Sitting in his Office
one day with his head between his
hands. cursing his hard luck and
wondering whether life was worth liv-
ing. not a cent in his pocket and moth
ing to eat, he was disturbed by the en-
trance of an acquaintance. who asked
him to draw up an agreement relating
to the lease OF some land and the sink
ing of an oil well.
'Tll do it if you pay me-" said the
lawyer
"Now, see here" said the man. ''you
know 1 have no ready money. but it
you draw up these papers I'll give you
an interest in the well"
Il won't do it," said the lawyer.
bluntly; 'you have no money and are
fast on the road to tie poor-house. No.
1 won't help your
B ut you must" persisted the man
..you can do it. 1t won't cost you q
cent, and you must do it. Go ahead
now. If 1 lose. it is nothing out of
your pocket. Draw up these papers;
you've nothing else to do"
Well, the lawyer. to get rid OF the
man, drew up the agreements. and
took as his pay an interest in the oil
well.
What happened?
The oil well was a gusher, and the
thick. greasy fluid poured out over the
derrick and made the poor devils who
were putting down the we'll fairly howl
with S,ee. The lawyer was OH hand.
just as excited as any body else. and
the very first chance he got he sold out
for S17,OOO sh. With his money in
his hand he fastened home and told
his wife Of his good fortune, and they
both rejoiced.
..And now. mother" said he to his
wife, 'let's get out of this"
And they lit out for Philadelphia
Harrisburg Telegraph
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-11-24
WILTER'S WEAKNESS.
The More Prominent Peculiarities OF an
Aryumentative Man.

The More Prominent Peculiarities OF an
Argumentative Man.
Tom Wilter beat all the men l have
known in the argumentatiye line. He
would at any time rather discuss. no
matter what, than eat or sleep; and
Wilter was no unskillful hand with the
knife and fork, and as for sleeping,
when he really set about it, he could
almost equal the achievements OF the
most somnolent of that famous seven
of Ehpesus. But augmentation was
his best hold, and when he had \ 100
of discussion on hand-and it was
very rarely that he was out of employ
ment in that line of industry-he would
give up sleep. forego food. neglect his
work. and confine himself entirely to
word-twisting and ratiocination.
And it mattercd not what the sub
ject in dispute might BE-. Big or little,
of pressing Importance OF Of no earthly
interest to any holy, it was all the
same to him. He was ever on the
watch, and let an unfortunate individ-
ual lay down the most trivial OF COM
monplace propositions. Wilter would
take it up instanter and argue for
hours rs to its obvious falsity and in
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-11-24
An e,uht-vear-old GIRL in Marlb,

An eight-year-old girl in Marlbo-
TO. Conn, is well supplied with living
ancestors, having besides her father
and mother, two grandmo:hers. two
grandfathers. two great-grandmoth-
ers, two great-grandfathers. and one
great-great-grandmother who is III.
most a centenariar.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-11-24
THE LAST CALL.

have come to call on Kitty,
But that damsel isn't in
<NGone to grandma's on an errand,''
Says her sister, with a grin;
Then this miss, half girl. half woman,
With a wholly tomboy air.
Seats herself, and disconcerts me
With long and awful stare.
Does she know wha: am thinking
As fidget meath her look:
Can this damsel read my feelings
From my face as from book!
Then she knows what have come for,
Comprehends the state I'm in,
And the pleasure it affords her
Quite explains that horrid grin.
"So you want to see my sister,"
Says she to me, by-and-by,
With silly little smoker.
And twinkle in her eye.
ayes, want to see your sister,"
Is my answer, low and faint,
And my wits and words forsake me.
She's enough to veX q saint.
<'LOts of fellows come to see her.
lovers heart arrayed in crape)-
And the grin with which she says it
Would do credit to an ape.
Harry Jones was here last evening,
And he staid, and staid, and staid."
Oh, the cheerful information
Furnished by this charming maid?
t'When they said goodnight saw EN-
Here she CYCLES in delight.
''Do vou ever kiss my sister
When you think you're out Of sight"'
Oh, the awful thought that stabs me
To the hear:-dOes Kitty Green
Let some other fellow kiss her
When she thinks she isn't seen?
''There comes Kitty. Oh, good gracious ~
With her hand upon her mouth
To keep back the laugh that shakes her
AS an earthquake does the South.
''Tommy Brown is coming with her,
Don't you wish you had gun:
My. when Ihave beaux, like Kitty,
HOnt have q lot of funl''
Heartlcss wretch to laugh at anguish
Such as wrings lovers heart.
Doubt and hope are in struggle
Shall tarry or depart?
Does bewitching Kitty love me,
AS she's led me to believe,
Or is she fiirt, delighting
Tom, Dick, Harry to deccive!
"'Oh, my goodness, did you see that's"
Cries this damsel, wonder-eyed.
Not q word have to utter
Doubt has conquered, love has died.
Where's my fancy for her sister!
1t has vanished in trice,
For behind the lilac bushes
Tommy Brown has kissed her twice.
81 must CO." i say; "good-evening,"
And make a swift retreat
To the music of a smoker
That is any thing but sweet;
And cross the threshold conscious
OF a nameless little pain
l. il wrath, or is it sorrow
To a giggled Call again.
-E6ea T.. Rertord, in Horper's Weekly.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-11-24

Any person who takes the paper regular
ly from the post-office, whether directed to his
halne or whether he is a subscriber or not, is
responsible for the pay
The courts have decided that refusing 10 take
newspapers from the post office. or removing
and leaving them uncalled for. is p-i:I3a facie
evidence OF INTENTIONAL FRAUD.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-11-24

1t it pretty hard to tell what to do
in this world. The doctors and the
ministers say. know thyselft" and
Study thyself!'' while the moralists
tell us that we must never thnk Of
ourselves.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-11-24

I'm this enlightened age true great
ness consists in smoking three dozen
twenty-fve-cent cigars day. and hav.
ing signature that nobody can read
|-D0nsville Breeze.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-18

QUEEN VICTORIA and Princess Louise Wis.,
tied the Wild West show recently. The
Queen was pleased with the performance
and frequently applauded. At the con-
clusion of the performance Colonel Cody
buffalo Bib was presented to her majesty,
who expressed herself as greatly pleased
with the exhibition she had witnessed.
Colonel Cody asked her if it was too long, to
which she replied, mot at ALL" She only
regretted that her time was so limited, but
said she would like to come again. Red
Shirt Ogalas, chief of the Sioux, was then
presented, and the Queen expressed her
pleasure at seeing him, Red Shirt replied
that it made him glad to hear it, He
had come a long way to see her mai
esty. From his great chief, Sitting Bull,
he had heard of the great mother, but he
had never expected to see her. He was
glad to see a squaw who was more powerful
than any man.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-18

the Breakers" at North Hyde Park last
Saturday evening to a small house. -
Mr.. and Mrs. G. s. Merrill of Craftsbury
spent the Sabbath in town with Mrs. Mer-
rills parents.
Stowe.
ARBoR DAY was not observed in town.
Little interest seems to be manifested on
such occasions. - g. r. Churchill lost a
wallet the other day containing $500, which
was promptly picked up by George Wake
field and as promptly returned. - Fred
Bashaw and Nellie Moore were married re-
Gently. May they see many anniversaries.
- The remains of Mrs. Joseph Newhall
were brought to town Thursday. -
George Raymond is stopping with Mrs
Thomas on Maple street. - H. b.
Faunce has been improving rapidly, though
not yet in a condition to run the stage
- Charles Swift is in town from his
Boston school. - The familiar face of
DR.. Barrows has been seen on the streets
lately. - Chauncey Newhall's little
daughter is in Burlington receiving treat
ment for her eyes.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-18
Caledonia County.


Mrs. MELINDA ALLEN was stricken with
apoplexy on Sunday morning last, and died
before medical aid could be obtained She
had lived for some years with the family of
the late Dorman Bridgman. - o. H.
Marsh purchased the old school-house at
the auction sale on Saturday last. Price
paid, S3O5 1t was considered a good sale
for the district, and yet may be a good
bargain for the purchaser - The many
friends of Mrs. Louisa Nelson will regret to
learn that she is rapidly failing and is very
low with cancer at her home in st. Johns
bury. She was for long time an esteemed
and well-known resident of this place.
- Lyman Conant of West Hill recently
purchased seeder and harrow combined,
made by the Mann Manufacturing Company
of Ogdensburg, n. Y. We had the pleasure
of witnessing its first trial at Mr.. Conant's
place. 1t did excellent work as a harrow
and equally good work as a broadcast
seeder. Price of the machine reported, 500.
- A dancing-school public is an
nounced at the Centennial House for Friday
evening, May Goth. Elmores orchestra fur
nishes music for the entertainment. -
Bailey Il Foster have resumed work on
their granite quarry. X. f. Carter of South
Ryegate also has gang of men at work
on the Porter quarry, which he pur-
chased last fall with the farm of w. j.
Perrin. - Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Shedd are
now stopping with Mr.. Shedd's brother,
Newton Shedd. They were with their
daughter, Mrs. M S. Hathaway, at Calais
during the winter. Mr.. Shedd's health is
much impaired, and he is apparently suffer
largely, no doubt, by the serious illness of
his daughter. - l.. c. Foss purchased
the Pyam Hovey farm, one and one-half
miles east of this village, at Seth Commits
auction sale recently. Price reported, $500.
- The phosphate agents are very
abundant in this vicinity. Six or more diff
ferent kinds are being sold. Bradley's,
Bowker's, Quinnipiac Standard, Pacific
Guano and Common Sense are among the
number
East Hardwick.
HENRY GILKERsoN has bought the build.
ings and eighteen acres of land belonging
to the Page place from johnson & Stevens,
paying 500 therefor. johnson * Stevens
have also sold three acres to Henry Currier
at $50 per acre. - j. b. Livingstone has
sold his meadow in front of j. II. Georges
place to w. ID. +. Hyde for $500. - The
Odd Fellows, with their wives and few in.
vited guests, enjoyed banquet at C. Whitch
er's hotel last Thursday evening.
Among the spring improvements in this
village we notice a row of shade trees sci
out by f. Hunt on Pleasant street: also
some in front of the school-house. -
Arbor day had no general observance in
this place. - G. l.. johnson has i'm
proved his premises by putting in bay.
window and building a front fence. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Chase Ward, who have re-
Gently moved to their new home, were sur,
prised Friday evening last by visit from
forty of their friends, the occasion being
Mrs. Wards birthday S. p. Fuller
goes to Hardwick this week to work in III
Mack's marble shop. - l.. w. Warner
has returned from Wisconsin in very poor
health
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-18
Orleans County.
Barton Landing.

STEPHEN BURBANK started Tuesday for
Buda, Illinois. He will move his family
there if business prospects are favorable.
- A. r. Cowes is about to move his
business to Barton village, where he will
open music store in the post-office block.
- j. Brown is putting a veranda along
the south and east sides of the Valley
House. - The scholars of the village
schools raised money and paid for the set
ting of several trees in the school yard
Arbor day. - Frank Waterman, who
has been assistant in the depot for several
years, has gone to a better position in Wells
River.
West Derby.
REV. Mr.. MoREY of the Freewil Baptist
church died suddenly the 18th instant. Mrs.
Morey was attending the funeral of her
mother in neighboring state the day of
her husbands death.
IT is said that DIR. w. f. Templeton is
about to locate in Manchester, n. III.
Newport.
FoRTY-EIGHT teachers registered at the
teachers institute held here last week
The talks and lectures of DR.. William A.
Mowry of Boston interested all who at
tended them. - The school year of our
Graded School closes this week, with ex-
aminations Thursday and Friday and
prize-speaking by contestants from the
High School Friday evening. Mr.. l.. T.
NJ Kenney has given general satisfaction as
principal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-18

days with her sister, Mrs N. Fowler. =-
Mrs. Allen bearing is gaining very slowly
- Il. p. Clifford of West Lebanon was
the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. N. Fowler over
Sunday - Mrs. Charles Paine of Massa-
chusetts is stopping with Mrs. Nettie B..
Hinkley. - George Paine and wife Of
Lexington, Mass, were visiting friends in
town last week. - Mrs S. Cross and
three children started Monday for Milville,
Gallatin county, Montana Territory.
Gaysville.
JUDGE GREEN came from Akron, Ohio, to
be present at the funeral of Hon. Nelson
Gay last week. There was also quite a
number of others present from other places,
among whom were DR.. G. Il. Sparhawk
of Burlington, DR.. Waters of Brattleboro,
DIR. Clitus Hoag, and Mr.. s. T. Coy of
widow of Alexander Packard, died May
10th of heart disease. - George T. Nc
Lauthlin of Boston is in town. 60 Jesse
Wright has moved into the house rented by
Eugene Spaulding, and John Hagar will
occupy the house vacated by Mr.. Wright
e. l.. ROBINSON has moved into the house
recently bought of M. G. Noyes and Mr..
Noyes has moved into the Mrs. Shepard
house. - Chester Downer will return
to his summer home in this village in few
days, - rev. Mr.. vincent OF West
Hartford preached at the Congregational
church last Sabbath in exchange with Rev.
Mr.. Chamberlin. Mr.. Vincent preached a
good discourse and one that was well cal
culated for church members. His sermon
was well received. 60 Charles Shepard
of Royalton has opened tin-shop under
Smiths hall. He comes highly recon-
mended f. B. Baldwin and wife
started for Dakota on Monday, where they
will remain several months. - Mrs Asa
Wilson is added to our sick list.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-18
Addison County.
Granville.

GEORGE II. RYAN is working for William
Vinton - Roswell Freeman died last
week Wednesday at the residence of Will
lam Lewis in Hancock. Emma Claflin
of Hancock while going home from a neigh
boris recently met three coons and killed
two of them with a stick. Her father after
wards killed the third one. - According
to reports it would be good idea for the
selectmen to look after the bridges and
sluices on the Mad river road. - L. L..
Udall is moving to STAFFORD - Ida
Drake is teaching in district No. in place
of Miss Mehuron. - Jacob Wilson has
bought the stage route and his son Elmer is
now the driver. Mrs. Lucy A. Bagley
is still very i'll, but is improving under the
care of DR.. j. r. Hamblin.